Fertilizer mixer and distributor



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isi iii T .sppleatlon ilet'l September Be il heee-n that l, 'Minion Loser, u citizen of the United States'ot America., and a resident of Hatcher Station, county et' Qixitinan, and State of (fieorgia. have invented eertain new and useful Improve nienls in Fertilizer Mixers and Distributors. of which the following is a full and elear specification.

rEhe object of this invention is to provide alsinrple apparatus which when pushed or drawn over a. lield will not only intimately mix the chemicals but will distribute the mixed. chemicals evenly upon. the soilj the apparatus being, eapabie of use with or without soil-Working implements, as more fully hereinar'ter set forth.

in the drawings- Fig. l is a side elevation or' an apparatus embodying?, my invention;

Fig. 2 is a pian view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical seetionai vievv thereof;

Fig. L is a side elevation of the Aslotelearer standard. y

)referring to the drawings -annexed by reference characters, 5 designates a. suitable i aine provided with handles 5f forpushing it over the surface oic the ground; 7, a traetion-Wheel journaled at the forward end oi the fra-me and adapted to drive a sprocket- Wlieel 8 on. which runs a sproeiretehsin 9. This sprocket-chain engages at its upper end another sprocket-Wheel i0 mounted on la transverse stub-shaft il journaled in a standard. on the frame. The inner end or' this stub-sliaft i0 is provided, with a bevelgear 12 which. meshes eonstantly with bevelgear 13 aiiixed to a shaft 14: jonrnaled in bearings 'l5 mounted on the frame and inclined downwardly and forvvardly.l

gfiixed to the shaft; 1.4i is e ho ner 0fcylindrical shape divided transverseiy into tivo sections, the 'Forward section 16 being :roioperatively short and the rear section i7 boing comparatively longs", this lati/er see-- tion beine; provided :it one point in its cir rumierenee with a filling-opening covered hv a reinovabie.Cover 18. The end. Walls of the sections 1G and 17 are iniperforaie, as likewise are the eireumferential Wallis. i two cylindrical sections are of Vthe same ...iameter and their open, adjacent ends are close together, forming a eireuinfereir tial diseharge-elot i9, this slot being open entirely around thev hopper. rThe adjacent ends of the two cylindrical sections are sup 251i, 1924. Serial No. 740,521.

ported on the shaft by means of spiders 20. lift will be observed that/by ineliuing' the hopper dmvnvvardiviv and forwardly and by continually rotation it vthrough the mediin'n oi' ihe 'traction-wheel. the chemicals -enclosed in the hopper will be constantly subjected to a tumbling action, while at the saine time the chemicals will be gravitated itorwerdiy and discharged through the slot '1.9. i have found in practice that this action not only thorougly mixes 'the ehem- .ieals, but insures an even discharge and distribution of the mixed oliemieais. The tumbling hopper also tends to' break up the lumps7 as is obvious. ,iE/'hat lumps remain in the cylinder may be removed through the door 18 for reerushing. To keep-the eireninferentiai discharge-slot 19 always clear, l provide a scraping-pin 21 mounted on the upper end of a standard 22 in such position as to enter the slot at one side of the hopper at a point about on a level With the shaft'. This pin keeps the slot clear of chemicals that might etielr around the edges of the slot and in that way insures an even discharge of the chemicals, irrespective of the nature or condition of the eheaiieals.

in order that the width 'of the disehargesiot 19 may be varied for different kinds' off fertilizers, I make the two cylindrical seetions of the hopper rela-tively adjustable toward and from each other. The large section 17' is rendered adjustable on' the shaft by means of esst-screw 23 threaded through e hub attached to the rear end 'Wall of the section. The forward cylindrical section is slidabiy 'attaehed to the shaft by means of a set-serew 24Whieh is threaded through the hub of bevel-vvlieel 13, tl'iis wheel being affixed to the end Wall of the section 16. have shown the fame 5 'provided with tive soil-Working implements 25 and 26?-the'former being an opening-collier and 'the latter being a covering' plow-foot.

it will be understood, however, that any' arrangement of soil-Working); implements may liefernpleyed, the uri-:1n gement depending, of course, on Whether or not the fertilizer is to be Y to be plowed under. f

H' it desired to drill the 'fertilizin Y material, a hopper or chute 27 is seeured'aeross the tre 5 beneath the 'disohargeelot 'i9 of the hopper, in a position to eateh the falling material and drill it through the drill-snout 28 into the furrow made by distributed as a top-dressing or the opening-plow 25 located at the front end of the frame in advance of the drill-spout, the side-pl-ows 26 then acting to cover the material.

lVlien the device is used for a cultivator and distribuor, plowfeot 25 is removed to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. l, ai, the i'ezu` emi of the frame, and the drilichute 27 and its spout :28 are entirely removed; then the material will be discharged diiectly to the ground through the cliscliaige-slet 19 and spread in a, Wide swath,

equal et least to the. diameter of the main hopper. The oultivator attachments 26 and 25 eben mix the soil and fertilizer.. 1 What I claim esr new is: lu' an implement 'for mixing and clistributing fertilizer, a, frame, s, shaft journaled on the frame and nclining forwardly and dowllividly, i'ucion-wlieel menne driving said shaft, e hopp-er i'nou'u seid shaft and consisting ci We ey sections relatively adjustable een to proviaie an angular ciiciue charge-slot ef the desiced im? and mea-11s for keeping suini accumulations of ertilizing foi-Ward end of theou; e. f closed mid the We adjacen; section being open, Wlieelsy' *che 1- Wili gravimtc :1c-rose he into the owei'. sec'sien.

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